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The Erlang REST framework

Leptus

Leptus is an Erlang REST framework that runs on top of Cowboy web server.

Leptus simplifies creating RESTful APIs in Erlang.

Requirements

Installation

Clone it, and run make. Or add it to your rebar configuration.

{deps, [
        {leptus, ".*", {git, "git://github.com/sinasamavati/leptus.git", {branch, "master"}}}
       ]}.

Quick Example

-module(hello).
-compile({parse_transform, leptus_pt}).

%% leptus callbacks
-export([init/3]).
-export([get/3]).
-export([terminate/4]).

init(_Route, _Req, State) ->
    {ok, State}.

get("/", _Req, State) ->
    {<<"Hello, leptus!">>, State};
get("/hi/:name", Req, State) ->
    Status = ok,
    Name = cowboy_req:binding(name, Req),
    Body = #{<<"say">> => <<"Hi">>, <<"to">> => Name},
    {Status, Body, State}.

terminate(_Reason, _Route, _Req, _State) ->
    ok.
$ erl -pa ebin deps/*/ebin
1> c(hello).
2> leptus:start_listener(http, [{'_', [{hello, undefined_state}]}]).
Leptus started on http://127.0.0.1:8080
$ curl localhost:8080/hi/Leptus
{"say":"Hi","to":"Leptus"}

Features

  • Supports GET, PUT, POST and DELETE HTTP methods
  • Can respond in plain text or JSON
  • Supports basic authentication
  • Can be upgraded while it’s running (no stopping is required)
  • Supports HTTPS
  • Provides a simple way for dealing with Cross-Origin Resource Sharing

Documentation

Please refer to https://sinasamavati.com/leptus.

Support

License

MIT, see LICENSE file for more details.